A review by clare_tan_wenhui
The Unhappiness of Being a Single Man: Essential Stories by Franz Kafka

3.0

"The Trees" seems to sum up the themes and tone of defines'Kafkaesque' well enough, though it perhaps also points up the biggest problem with Kafka's works. Regardless of it's length, from snappy one page musings like "The Trees" or his most famous [b:The Metamorphosis|485894|The Metamorphosis|Franz Kafka|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1359061917l/485894._SY75_.jpg|2373750] (which I'd completed last year), the payoff is exactly the same to the reader, which then leaves one with a nagging discomfort and inertia to explore his other heavy works, like [b:The Trial|17690|The Trial|Franz Kafka|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1320399438l/17690._SY75_.jpg|2965832] (which I'd gotten stuck). This doesn't really help me in gaining stamina to go back to complete it.